I drink alcohol, but I never study what is best. I drink whatever is served, and I tell you whether I like it or not. That simple. I've never heard of Jean Leon before this trip, but now I know. (Obviously I'm not going to tell you the story here, please read from the link yourself)

I could only come back with one conclusion, the wine was good! And, expensive too! This brand was selected to be served in one of the US President Inauguration.

The scenery from this vineyard wasn't as good as the one I went in Napa Valley, California. But one good thing about this, they allowed us to pluck the grapes! And eat them :) Very nice!

Don't be fooled by the look of the grapes, they tasted good and sweet!

2011年10月30日星期日

The 3rd day of the trip was probably a wonderful day for shopaholic, but not us. It wasn't a bad day, but it wasn't a day we were eagerly looking forward too.

In the morning, the important people were supposed to attend meeting.You could probably tell by now, that I like my window view. It was a good way to start a day :)

People like me wandered around while waiting for them to finish the meeting. So we walked to the beach nearby, the one you see from my window.

After enjoying sea breeze, and some naked people swimming, we insisted to try a cuppa in local cafe. We had a nice cup of coffee in a small humble cafe ran by this nice uncle. He understands limited English, so I ordered our coffee with some sign language. After that, I asked if I could take a photo of him, he asked if he needs to strip for me! :P

And this time, I grabbed a chance to take a proper photo of this museum.

After the photo session, the tour brought us to La Roca Village. It is where all the shopaholic dream comes true. All the branded outlets were there. Some were actually very cheap. But the few of us came back empty handed, not our cup of tea. Instead, we spotted a humming bird!

After a good shopping, we had fine dining experience in a castle! The restaurant was called Restaurant Can Cortada. And I just found out that it was listed in Michelin too! But it was a shame that the food were prepared for a good 9 tour buses of us! The food was ok, but I bet it would be far better if they weren't prepared for tour groups.

It was my first time to be in a castle, not just visiting, but dining. The setting of the restaurant was pretty neat. During the dinner, we were entertained by Spanish traditional songs too! All of us got up to dance with them. It was quite an experience to me!

It is the icon for Barcelona, a MUST GO in Barcelona if you ever stepped foot in Barcelona.

The construction of Sagrada Familia commenced since year 1882. Antoni Gaudi, the designer and architect of this icon followed the construction through his death in year 1926. Till date, the construction is still ongoing. You can never get a perfect picture without any obstruction, so forget it!

They target to finish the construction at year 2026, to celebrate 100th anniversary of Gaudi's life. Maybe I should visit Barcelona again in year 2026 to have a good look of the finished project :)

The portion at left in this picture was newly built. While the taller portion, called Nativity Facade was built during Gaudi's time.